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smell a rat

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  • verb idiomatic To sense something suspicious.

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cross-references (3)

Cross-references

  1. fishy
  2. nose test
  3. smell test

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  • oroboros commented on the word smell a rat

    This idiom appears in Don Quixote.

    February 2, 2008